Poppie Mphuthing is a Correspondent for CGTN America based in Washington D.C.
She comes to CGTN with over 15 years of experience in news production and digital content management. Poppie has extensive experience writing, editing, producing and on-camera hosting. She has a track record contributing to editorial teams that move fast to innovate and iterate, breaking barriers in storytelling and content development trends. Priors include HuffPost, World Economic Forum, LinkedIn and Meta.
Poppie is a proud global citizen, born and raised in London, her heritage is South African.
She lived and worked in Johannesburg, New York, Geneva and San Francisco, before landing in the U.S. capital to join CGTN America.
Poppie holds a Bachelor’s degree from Rhodes University in South Africa and a Master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.
Weeks into a wave of pro-Palestinian encampments on college campuses across the U.S., many students are still calling for their school administrations to divest from Israel. While some universities, like Brown and Northwestern University, have come to peaceful agreements with students, many more have […] Read More...
Anger over Israel’s ongoing occupation of Palestine and its role in the massive human suffering in Gaza has sparked protests across the campuses of colleges and universities in the U.S. There have been hundreds of arrests and violent confrontations with police. Read More...
People are living longer in the 21st century. One organization in the United States predicts the number of Americans over the age of 65 will increase nearly 50 percent by the year 2050. Some housing communities for seniors in the U.S. are shaking the […] Read More...
As you’ve no doubt heard, parts of North America will experience a total solar eclipse on Monday, April 8. The rare occurrence when the earth, moon and sun line up in space won’t happen again in the U.S. for another 20 years. Millions of […] Read More...
See the latest cleanup efforts after a container ship collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland causing it to collapse. Read More...
Yet another Biden administration official has publicly resigned in protest at the U.S.’s continued military and financial support of Israel in its offensive on Gaza. Annelle Sheline, a former State Department officer says that the U.S. is risking its moral standing at home and […] Read More...
Turbulent times continue for Boeing with yet another technical incident facing the airplane manufacturer. Investigators are looking into why a 737 that landed safely in the U.S. state of Oregon was missing an external panel. This is the latest in a string of […] Read More...
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